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In addition what about the Anti Torah, property destruction construction freeze?

One can not say that they believe in the Torah and keeping the Torah yet support a government whose higher authority is not Torah.

One has to choose.

If you choose to be part of Likud or the Coalition and have policies implemented by Barak then you are effectively a partner with them. You aren't forced to be partners with them. It's your choice. Netanyahu and the Likud have made it the law to control the property of Jews in Judea and Samaria and, steal livelihood away from fellow Jews.

For the religious MK's. What's the point of sitting and learning all the Mesechtot of Baba Kama and Baba Metzia? What about implementing Torah Law? Isn't Torah relevant for all times?

If Steinmentz, Yaalon, Benny Begin and Zev Elkin don't want guilt pangs let them resign in protest from the cabinet unless it is revoked ! Otherwise the natural consequence of their vote is that it will be on their conscience . I would not want to be in their shoes when they are called up in heaven in a higher court of law to face the settlers who lost control of their homes and livelihood as a result of this law.

Likud leaders, Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon, Minister Benny Begin, and Chairman of the Knesset Subcommittee for Judea and Samaria Affairs MK Zev Elkin, have all come out in opposition to the "draconian" manner in which the construction freeze in Judea and Samaria has been implemented.

Considering that PM Netanyahu maintains that "the decision does not apply to 2,500 units under construction, to 500 additional housing units we recently approved…", the Likud leaders are outraged by Defense Minister Barak's stop-work orders on all construction in Judea and Samaria, including all of the above.

It is interesting to note that Steinitz, Ya'alon, Begin and Elkin all voted for the freeze, believing that it would proceed as stipulated in the Cabinet decision. They apparently didn't anticipate that Barak would enforce it in the brutal manner that he has implemented.

In the face of this, Netanyahu maintains that he "has no choice" but to keep the freeze in place. Who has given him "no choice"? The Prime Minister of Israel must have the choice to preserve the land and the people of Israel in the best way possible. There can be "no choice" to destroy peoples' lives and livelihoods.

The Likud leaders should never have voted for the freeze. They must anticipate the aggressive and destructive manner in which the Defense Minister would implement the "permission" he received to destroy Jewish homes and lives, while turning a blind eye to rampant and illegal Arab building throughout the land of Israel. This Labor Minister does not belong in a Likud government.

Finally, one must question the purpose and meaning of a freeze when it obviously makes no difference in the supposed "peace process." The Arabs have already rejected it as inadequate in satisfying their demands. This meaningless action only does harm to Israel's legitimacy.

We commend those who are calling for a halt to the freeze, and urge PM Netanyahu and Likud to remember the party mandate to preserve the Land of Israel for the Jewish people.